xix, 239 pages : 21 cm

Translation of: La Mafia imprenditrice

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Includes bibliographical references and index

I. Th Mafia and Mafiosi traditional Calabria and Sicily -- 1. The behaviour of the Mafioso 00 2. The power of the Mafioso -- II. The crisis of the Mafia during the great post-war transformation -- 3. Honour, wealth and political power in the 1950s and 1960s -- III. The Mafia as entrepreneurs -- 4. The Mafia in business in the 1970s -- 5. The Mafioso-entrepeneur, the 'Family" and the Cosca -- 6. The limits of Mafia capitalism -- 7. The political autonomy of Mafia power -- 8. The entrepreneurial Mafia and the heroin economy -- IV. Afterword to the english edition -- Current world trends in organized crime -- Map of Southern Italy and Sicily

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